Bill Murray drawn to lighter side of FDR

12:54 PM,
Dec. 1, 2012

Bill Murray says his family 'honored' Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Written by

Amy Longsdorf
South Jersey Courier Post

Leave it to Bill Murray to be contrary. Just as he's about to be seen in one of his rare dramatic roles as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "Hyde Park on the Hudson," he can't help talk about how much he loves comedy.

"There's really nothing quite like comedy," he says. You don't win Oscars for comedy, he said, but moviegoers seem to appreciate them more.

"I don't hear people saying, 'I was really sick and feeling miserable and then I watched "Shawshank Redemption" and I felt great.' They say, 'I got stuck watching some Charlie Chaplin films and I just started laughing so much that I felt like cutting the ...